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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sayyidah Saudah bint Zam’ah Name and lineage Saudah bint Zam’ah ibn Qais ibn ‘Abd Shams ibn ‘Abd Wudd ibn Nasr ibn Malik ibn Hisl bin ‘Amir ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr. Her mother was Shamus bint Zaid ibn ‘Amr al Ansariyyah. Before her marriage to the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, she was married to Sakran ibn ‘Amr radiya Llahu ‘anhu. […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sayyidah ‘Aisha bint Abi Bakr Name and lineage ‘Aisha bint ‘Abdullah (Abu Bakr al Siddiq) ibn ‘Uthman (Abu Quhafah) al Taymi al Qurashi. Her mother was Umm Ruman bint ‘Uwaymir al Kinaniyyah. Her teknonym is Umm ‘Abdullah. She asked the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam to give her a teknonym as well and he instructed her to take the teknonym: Umm ‘Abdullah, […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sayyidah Hafsah bint ‘Umar Name and lineage Hafsah bint ‘Umar ibn al Khattab ibn Nufayl ibn ‘Abdul ‘Uzza. Her mother is Zainab bint Maz’un, the sister of ‘Uthman ibn Maz’un ibn Habib ibn Wahb ibn Hudhafah radiya Llahu ‘anhu. The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam married her in the third year after Hijrah after her husband Khunays ibn Hudhafah al Badri radiya […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sayyidah Zainab bint Khuzaymah Name and lineage Zainab bint Khuzaymah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn ‘Abd Manaf ibn Hilal ibn ‘Amir ibn Sa’sa’ah al Hilaliyyah. She was known as Umm al Masakin (Mother of the destitute) on account of her charity towards them. Her husband, ‘Abdullah ibn Jahsh radiya Llahu ‘anhu, was martyred in the Battle of Uhud; the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Sayyidah Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah Name and lineage Umm Salamah Hind bint Abi Umayyah (Hudhayfah) al Makhzumiyyah al Qurashiyyah. Her father was nicknamed Zad al Rakib (Provision for the Rider) on account of his generosity as he would take care of those who travelled with him, leaving them with no need to carry any provisions. Her mother is ‘Atikah bint ‘Amir al […]